Can someone who can type fast and accurately be just as effective on a piano?

Answer 1

I used to practice my scales a lot on the piano, and now I can type very quickly and accurately. Coincidence? Maybe. I don't think that it would work the other way around though - sorry! Your fingers move in different ways on a piano - though the dexterity you pick up from practicing definitely helps with typing speed.

Answer 2

That's a great question, but I think the answer is no. Even though an experienced typist's fingers just seem to know where to go, it's obviously not the fingers doing the work, it's still the brain. It's not really even hand-eye coordination, as you know typists and piano players both can do their thing without using their eyes. It's all about motor skills.
But unless the brain has rythym and musical ability, it doesn't matter how good the motor skills are- or how fast the fingers fly on a computer keyboard- they still don't know where to go on a piano. Both skills take time to learn, and seem to be unrelated. But good question though!!

Answer 3

people attack the articulations on a piano differently than at the computer.
if you were to play the piano the same way you type, you would sound really icky - all the notes would be very marcato - that is to say accented and fairly long. the piano calls for all sorts of different finger attacks/articulations - legato, staccato - being good at typing would not help you attain these skills
plus, when you type fast on a computer, you are moving your fingers in a horizontal and vertical plane (like x y) but on a piano, it is a lot more drastic in a horizontal plane and very little movement in the vertical plane. you have to be able to move your fingers very fast on a large horizontal plane as well as use multiple fingers at the same time in awkward positions for chords.
so in essence: no.

Answer 4

Maybe, it shows good hand-eye coordination, which is needed for the mechanics of playing the piano, but part of playing the piano--from written music--is a processing and interpretation that occurs in the brain. It is similar to how you look at a page and translate it to you fingers to type it, but it is like the difference of translating a much more complex code--in music you are looking at timing, key signatures, pitches, and other directions--all at the same time.

Playing from chords is much simpler and is not so different from the skill of typing, except that you need a sense of rhythm that you don't need to type.

The best way to find out it to give it a try.

Answer 5

NO. I can type over 85 wpm accurately. I tried to take piano lessons and after about the 10th lesson I quit. I don't see the similarity.

Answer 6

Two totally different uses of hands and brain.

Fast typing by no means is a determining factor.

Answer 7

Depends. The "touch" on most pianos is way harder, so it would take getting used to - plus the distances between notes is much further.

Answer 8

Probably. That's a good question, I've never thought of that before....

Answer 9

If they are musically gifted then I suppose they could, but if they are tone deaf, then I doubt it.

Answer 10

it does help tremendously
espicially with guitar but you still have to learn to read etc